Mine detail: Mcknight

Previously called 'Lucky Star'

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Location: Imperial County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.08785, -114.93524
dep_id: 10062711
mrds_id: TC36258
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fire Clay (Refractory)
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
work_type: Surface
alteration: Advanced Argillic Alteration.
ore_ctrl: Fault In Sericite Mica Schist Overlain By Quartzite.
Reporter: Gray, Floyd
hrock_type: Metasedimentary Rock
arock_type: Rhyolite
References:
  • Deposit:: MORTON, PAUL K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OG IMPERIAL COUNTY CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7.
  • Deposit:: SAMPSON, R.J. AND TUCKER, W.B., 1942, MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN, VOL. 38, H2.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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